Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being brown.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being brown.

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  • noun The characteristic of being brown.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an orange of low brightness and saturation

Etymologies

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brown +ā€Ž -ness

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Examples

  • After briefly addressing being a "brown person" who understands the difficulties of "brownness," Watts launched into a song dedicated to the upcoming "brown history week."

    WATCH: Genius Musical Comedy Improvisor Reggie Watts On Conan Carol Hartsell 2011

  • After briefly addressing being a "brown person" who understands the difficulties of "brownness," Watts launched into a song dedicated to the upcoming "brown history week."

    WATCH: Genius Musical Comedy Improvisor Reggie Watts On Conan Carol Hartsell 2011

  • Hers were brown, but the brownness faded and spread into peach in gaps between each finger.

    Go to Jesus Rachel Lora Simmons 2010

  • This assumption that of all the hues of God whiteness alone is inherently and obviously better than brownness or tan leads to curious acts; even the sweeter souls of the dominant world as they discourse with me on weather, weal, and woe are continually playing above their actual words an obligato of tune and tone, saying:

    DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004

  • The extent to which feeling overwhelmed by brownness and foreignness frightens the few remaining freckled and tuna-fish-laden Caucasian children in the city away from the public schools is not acknowledged and certainly not discussed.

    Tales Out of School 2008

  • It looked a little like Texas scrubland, flat, open brownness with small shrubs and bits of grass cropping up here and there.

    Iā€™m Still Standing SHOSHANA JOHNSON 2010

  • But mow high, and if this brownness bothers you, overseed it in autumn with a mix containing microclover (such as Johnson's Easy Lawn), which stays green no matter what.

    In the garden this week: Listless lawns, plus squashes and pumpkins 2010

  • The extent to which feeling overwhelmed by brownness and foreignness frightens the few remaining freckled and tuna-fish-laden Caucasian children in the city away from the public schools is not acknowledged and certainly not discussed.

    Tales Out of School 2008

  • I love the feel of this one, but the eyes should probably stand out more to compensate for the dark brownness of everything else.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Comic Book Covers: Samples from War Heroes 2008

  • The man in the queue before me gets aggressive; trying to operate his Crackberry and pour sugar, he believes the immigrants have come here on a mission, traitorous codes embedded in their brownness, sleepers who've hijacked jobs the idle poor should embrace.

    Gang of Four: free EP download Tim Jonze 2010

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